New Jersey for progressive farmers . Alfalfa andtimothy areprofitable crops. and may be considered as companion crops, as land that is well adaptedby natural conditions of composition, texture and arability, for the produc-tion of one, will produce any of them. Grain.—Wheat, rye and oats are grown chiefly on the heavy soils of thecentral and northern counties. Over 200,000 acres are planted annually forgrain and straw; about 15,000 acres for cutting green. The State pro-duces annually about 2,000,000 bushels of wheat, 1,400,000 bushels of rye,and 2,400,000 bushels of oats. Forage Crops.—Jn con
New Jersey for progressive farmers . Alfalfa andtimothy areprofitable crops. and may be considered as companion crops, as land that is well adaptedby natural conditions of composition, texture and arability, for the produc-tion of one, will produce any of them. Grain.—Wheat, rye and oats are grown chiefly on the heavy soils of thecentral and northern counties. Over 200,000 acres are planted annually forgrain and straw; about 15,000 acres for cutting green. The State pro-duces annually about 2,000,000 bushels of wheat, 1,400,000 bushels of rye,and 2,400,000 bushels of oats. Forage Crops.—Jn connection with dairying the production of foragecrops is of great importance. The grasses, both native and introduced, aregrown in great abundance and with ease in the sections where heavy soilsare found. Kentucky blue grass flourishes in all parts of the State. Tim-othy is the standard hay crop, over 100,000 acres being raised annually. Tiwenty-six. 350 bushels to the acre are not uncommon in the potato sections. Clover and alfalfa are being raised more and more as the farmers realizethat they can be grown successfully on well drained lands. One yearshay crop is about 500,000 tons. Corn is king of all of the States food pro-ducts, nearly 300,000 acres being planted every year and yielding a crop ofover 12,000,000 bushels. WHITE POTATOES New Jersey, in proportion to its size, ranks foremost of all the potatoproducing states. The area in potatoes usually varies from 80,000 to90,000 acres, located principally in four definitely developed regions, thoughit is estimated that in 1919 over 110,500 acres were planted, with a totalproduction of 11,500,000 bushels. Contrasted with the average for theState of 104 bushels per acre, yields of 300 to 350 bushels per acre are notuncommon in the potato sections. The intensive specialization within lim-ited areas has made it easy for growers to unite in buying their fertilizers,spray materials an
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